Harold's Leg Lift

It could be a guy they draft this year. There are four college SS who could play themselves into the mix at 1-10. If they go that route and he's a fast mover he can definitely be the starting SS in '26.

There are ways to "earn" a promotion other than having a pretty triple A sLaShLiNe which doesn't guarantee mlb success. Process over results.

I couldn't watch it either. That guys an idiot.

It's only 1yr/$5.8M. If he has another below avg season he's an easy non-tender next year and they upgrade the position when they will actually have some money to spend. If he goes out and has an above avg season he's an easy tender and possible trade candidate. This is a no brainer move.

If the Sox got that offer for Robert he'd be gone.

I hope someone sends that to Jeremy Haber. LOL

Really good deal for both sides. It's disappointing when they miss out on great opportunities.

agreed

Yeah you're right I'm probably a little light on him. He's gonna have to overcome the small college thing but if he crushes it he could definitely be in that mix. There are some interesting bats to follow this spring.

1. Washington Ethan Holliday SS Stillwater HS 2. LA Angels Jace LaViolette OF Texas A&M 3. Seattle Jamie Arnold LHP Florida St 4. Colorado Cam Cannerella OF Clemson 5. St Louis Xavier Neyens 3B Mount Vernon HS 6. Pittsburgh Eli Willits SS Fort Cobb HS 7. Miami Tyler Bremner RHP Santa Barbara 8. Toronto Billy Carlson SS Corona HS 9. Cincinnati Kruz Schoolcraft LHP Sunset HS 10. Chicago WS Brady Ebel SS Corona HS 11. A's Devin Taylor OF Indiana 12. Texas Aiva Arquette SS Oregon St 13. San Francisco Seth Hernandez RHP Corona HS 14. Tampa Bay Sean Gamble OF IMG Academy 15. Boston Brendan Summerhill OF Arizona 16. Minnesota Ike Irish C Auburn 17. Chicago Cubs Cam Appenzeller LHP Glenwood HS 18. Arizona Kayson Cuninngham SS Johnson HS 19. Baltimore Nolan Schubart OF Oklahoma 20. Milwaukee Caden Bodine C Coastal Carolina 21. Houston Ethan Conrad OF South Carolina 22. Altlanta Lucas Franco SS Katy HS 23. Kansas City Nick Dumesnil OF Cal Baptist 24. Detroit Trent Caraway 3B Oregon St 25. San Diego Coy James SS Davie HS 26. Philadelphia Max Belyeu OF Texas 27, Cleveland Kyson Witherspoon RHP Oklahoma

Why. This guy is the very definition of a utility player.

Last year they traded 32 year old left handed reliever Tanner Banks for a player better than Aaron Combs.

They had six top 10 picks and two 11's. Truly extraodinary how much they fucked it up.

Lux stock is not down. He was nothing short of spectacular during the 2nd half.

We all HATE it, Coach.

Adding to this. The Sox tried very hard to trade for Busch last off season. He was part of the ask in a Cease trade and they tried to trade for him again but didn't have the prospects to match the Cubs offer. They obviously know they have a need for this type of player and they have the prospects now for Rice. Rice may not have the immediate impact Busch had but he can certainly grow into a legitimate middle of the order power bat.

I recently talked to someone close to the situation and this person is very confident the White Sox will have a new downtown stadium. Take that for what's it's worth.

I was thinking about what a trade for Rice would look like. He's in almost the identical situation that Michael Busch was in last off season. The Cubs gave up 2 high upside 19 year olds to acquire Busch. LHP Jackson Farris and OF Zyhir Hope. Using that as a template I'd think the Sox would have to give up something like LHP Blake Larson and INF Jeral Perez. I'd make that deal in a second. Rice has a chance to be a high impact middle of the order run producer from the left side which is something this team desperately needs.

Ummmm.....

Very nice. This should make Ben Rice available.

Thank god that big bastard is out of the division. He was on a Mike Sweeney level all time Sox killer trajectory.

He's no Bailey Horn.

Vargas Zavala

They really want him to be the opening day SS. He was dealing with an off the field issue last season and he really impressed them with the way he grinded thru it then peformed in the AFL. They think he's ready to take off and I would agree.

He commited to Tennessee he didn't opt out of the draft so he's still be eligible at 1-10. More importantly why am I getting emails when someone posts in this thread??